Something About Rock

We've got no beef with the Chief, they're just plain old freakin' good

     

On their debut, Chief Beef deftly blends post-punk, hard rock and progressive rock-influenced sounds into one cohesive album. The band is a classic example of a power trio: their music perfectly balances the necessary space between instruments and the power inherent in that distinction. It’s in the middle section where the band hits their stride. “Quitting” is the heart of the album and the quietest song here, building over the course of the song and dropping out on the bridge for a melodic guitar solo before it goes into a crescendo that rivals almost anything Interpol’s done. At the album’s mid-way point, the band breaks into epic hard rock with “Treadmill at the Gym.” The band then finishes the album the way they started: angular, heavy, melodic, humorous and with just the right hint of progressive tendencies. It’s a great debut by one of Phoenix’s best local bands. - Jeremy Iverson (The College Times).